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The conventional wisdom is that the threat of
prosecution
serves Xi’s goals of consolidating power and compelling the bureaucracy to implement economic reforms that run counter to its interests.
Gensler also supported the
prosecution
of five financial institutions that had colluded to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor, the benchmark rate that some major banks charge one another for short-term loans).
In most affluent countries, if you were to confine dogs for months in cages like the stalls in which pigs on factory farms are often kept, you would be liable to
prosecution.
He challenged the
prosecution
vigorously, defending himself with a feistiness that surprised nearly all who read the transcripts released by the court in real time on the trial’s first day.
Bo made the
prosecution
look sloppy and incompetent.
Claiming that Davis was a bona fide diplomat with its Lahore consulate, and thus enjoyed immunity from prosecution, the US accused Pakistan of “illegally detaining” him, with President Barack Obama defending him as “our diplomat in Pakistan.”
Prosecution
must become the rule.
Most important among such amendments is the repeal of Provisional Article 15, which has provided immunity from
prosecution
to all actors of the military regime established by the 1980 coup.
The most recent decision of the regional tribunal, in mid-December, overturned a 1979 Brazilian amnesty law protecting military officials from
prosecution
for abuses committed during the country’s 21-year military dictatorship.
The normal sequence would be assistance, persuasion, and non-military pressure like sanctions and criminal
prosecution.
Invoking RtoP, that response began with a warning and the threat of sanctions and
prosecution
at the International Criminal Court, and only subsequently allowed military force to protect civilians.
In any case, an amnesty in Syria would not protect Assad from
prosecution.
It is too late now for non-military tools of coercion to have much effect, although Security Council threats of International Criminal Court
prosecution
for atrocity crimes – including any use of chemical weapons – must remain on the table .
Aylwin faced one of the toughest moral choices any leader of a newly re-established democracy can confront: how far to push
prosecution
of those who had abducted, tortured, and killed thousands of Chileans during General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
If Saddam were granted sanctuary in a country such as Belarus or Libya, he would probably remain safe from prosecution, but only as long as he never leaves.
Unless Philippine law-enforcement officials preempt the ICC by bringing a good-faith
prosecution
against Duterte in Philippine courts, the ICC can take action.
But preventing an accuser’s sexual history from entering into an investigation or
prosecution
is not the same as providing anonymity.
The options backdating scandal that recently caught Apple’s chairman, Steve Jobs, is a microcosm of innovation, prosecution, and reform; now that a rule has been written to prohibit backdating, this particular scam will not happen again.
Moreover, both Kushner, who has been accused of attempting to set up a back channel for secure communication between the White House and the Kremlin, and Ivanka would be subject to
prosecution
if they were found to have engaged in illegal communications or activities with Russian agents or officials.
Even if Bashir’s fellow heads of state succeed in their effort to persuade the United Nations Security Council to defer
prosecution
– which is highly unlikely – the charges will continue to hang over Bashir’s head unless and until he stands trial.
Many of those now objecting to the
prosecution
of Bashir participated in the decisions leading to the indictment.
Over the last 24 years, the debates surrounding Megrahi’s
prosecution
and punishment have reflected Libya’s enigmatic relationship with the West.
Brazil’s Political ImpasseSANTIAGO – It was the kind of politics Brazilians thought they had left behind: One day the sitting president appoints a popular former president to her cabinet in order to save him from prosecution, and pundits are quick to conclude that he is in charge.
Moreover, it can provide renewed help for democratic institution-building: assisting judicial reform, raising anti-corruption awareness, and encouraging
prosecution
of even high-ranking offenders, as well as supporting engagement by civil-society groups.
The anti-corruption effort, while so far popular, risks being tarnished by selective
prosecution
of offenders (which suggests that it is more about power than reform) and reports about the crown prince’s own lifestyle.
But, according to Burma’s Constitutional Referendum Act, members of religious organizations, those subject to criminal prosecution, and members of ethnic groups that have not agreed to a ceasefire with the government were barred from voting.
The problematic features of the British-drafted Indian Penal Code include the prohibition of “sedition,” defined loosely as speech or actions promoting “disaffection against the government established by law”; the criminalization of homosexual acts; and the uneven
prosecution
of adultery.
The first, Resolution 1970, adopted on February 26, invoked “the Libyan authorities’ responsibility to protect its population,” condemned its violence against civilians, demanded that this violence stop, and sought to concentrate Qaddafi’s mind by applying targeted sanctions, an arms embargo, and the threat of
prosecution
for crimes against humanity.
Because anyone who engages with us is subject to possible
prosecution
and imprisonment, we have had no choice but to cut off relations with the dozens of Russian citizens we supported in their efforts to preserve some fragment of democracy in their country.
The bill’s wording also allows
prosecution
of civil servants, journalists, and activists who expose official wrongdoing.
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